ECSA 2026
Mon 7 - Fri 11 September 2026 Bolzano, Italy

This program is tentative and subject to change.

AI-enabled systems must sustain dependable behavior as their operating conditions, data distributions, model capabilities, and governance constraints evolve. Traditional software self-adaptation relies on feedback-loop architectures; however, contemporary AI deployments require additional loop structures: continuous evaluation and retraining, runtime safeguarding and policy enforcement, edge/cloud placement control, and goal-directed distributed coordination among services and agents. This paper conducts a systematic, cross-domain literature review of feedback-loop mechanisms relevant to AI-enabled systems. Following a structured protocol (search, selection, extraction, and synthesis), we analyze 52 primary studies identified from 2,365 candidates. We synthesize a taxonomy-driven catalog of reusable control-loop patterns. The results are organized into three main contributions. First, we present a taxonomy of adaptive systems’ design decisions that govern how feedback loops are structured and operated. Second, we offer a catalog of AI-enabled systems design patterns that embed feedback loops into layered, pipeline, microservice, safeguard, and data-processing architectures. Third, we provide a catalog of deployment patterns that address edge/cloud control, federated learning and inference, inference cascades, privacy-preserving adaptation, safety governance, and online personalization. The findings highlight recurring multi-loop architectures spanning runtime, lifecycle, and governance concerns. The study concludes with cross-cutting insights on multi-loop stacks, assurance and stability, and open research challenges for learning-enabled control.

This program is tentative and subject to change.

Thu 10 Sep

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14:00 - 15:30
14:00
12m
Full-paper
The Non-Linear Effects of Multi-Connector Retries in Microservice Architectures
Research
Carlos Aderaldo University of Fortaleza, Nabor Mendonca University of Fortaleza
14:12
12m
Full-paper
Architectural Design Decisions for Monitoring Deployed Reinforcement Learning Systems
Research
Zhizhou Fang University of Vienna, Stephen John Warnett University of Vienna, Uwe Zdun University of Vienna
14:25
12m
Full-paper
Architecturally Significant MLOps Guidelines for ML Model Integration and Deployment: a Gray Literature Review
Research
Faezeh Amou Najafabadi Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Markus Haug Technical University of Munich, Keerthiga Rajenthiram Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Justus Bogner Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Ilias Gerostathopoulos Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Pre-print
14:38
12m
Full-paper
Control Loop Patterns for AI-enabled Systems: A Systematic Review
Research
Mahyar T. Moghaddam University of Southern Denmark, Francesco Daghero University of Southern Denmark, Tiziano Santilli The Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute, University of Southern Denmark, Mina Alipour University of Southern Denmark, SDU Software Engineering
14:51
12m
Full-paper
Scalable Design-Time Analysis of Self-Adaptive Cloud Systems using Monte Carlo Tree Search
Research
Raphael Straub Ulm University, Steffen Becker University of Stuttgart, Matthias Tichy Ulm University
15:04
12m
Full-paper
Evaluating Green API Patterns Impact based on the Open Data Hub Request Logs
Industrial
Marcelo Nunes ITA - Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica, Eduardo Guerra Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Joao Daniel Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Cessare Pautasso University of Lugano, Alessandro Aneggi Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
15:17
12m
Short-paper
YAMAS: Yet Another Machine Learning Automation System
Tools and Demos
Milad Abdullah Charles University, Keerthiga Rajenthiram Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Konstantinos Kozanis Athena Research and Innovation Information Technologies , Faezeh Amou Najafabadi Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Panagiotis Gidarakos Athena Research and Innovation Information Technologies , Ilias Gerostathopoulos Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Stavros Maroulis Athena Research and Innovation Information Technologies, George Papastefanatos Athena Research and Innovation Information Technologies , Petr Hnětynka Charles University, Tomas Bures Charles University